Chen Feng was once a refugee, and his parents were starved to death on their way to escape. It was only because he and his sister met Zhou Xian that they could live until now. Therefore, he empathized with Zhou Xian's words. He lowered his head and thought for a while, "Second Master, can we directly force the rich families to take out the money like Zheng Longfang? We can use this money as military pay and distribute them to the poor people."

Zhou Xian was stunned for a while, and finally shook his head slowly and said, "No, at least not now. We are soldiers, not thieves, but soldiers, we must follow a certain bottom line, at least not on the surface. Also, with my current identity, even if I am willing, I can't do it. Without enough authority, I will be restricted everywhere. Sometimes, not only can't change anything, but it will also put myself in a desperate situation."

Chen Feng didn't quite understand what Zhou Xian said, he just asked, "Then are we doing nothing?"

Zhou Xianxiao said, "Doing is something that needs to be done, but it cannot be completely put on the surface. Although a force like Zheng Longfang can accumulate a lot of money in a short period of time, it cannot last long. Only by taking it slowly can you flow slowly. In my opinion, being rich is not wrong, but being rich without virtue is wrong. Moreover, because they are rich, they can only cultivate some excellent children. To root them, it is not worth the loss for me at present. Chen Feng, go find Pu Shi and ask him to invite the rich gentry and family members in Zibo City to the county government for me. Everything starts with small things, take it slowly, and take it step by step."

At this time, Bai Hu led a few personal soldiers into the county government office and said to Zhou Xian: "General, the thief army in the city has been expelled by the Qing Dynasty. We are temporarily detained in the schoolyard east of the city with the prisoners outside the city. What should we do next?" After this battle, Bai Hu respected Zhou Xian a lot.

Zhou Xian thought for a while and said, "If ordinary soldiers are local to Zibo, if there is no serious sin, please keep the strong, and let them leave the rest! If Zheng Longfang brought them from Yanzhou, he would also be strong, and the others would be escorted to Laizhou as hard labor for a year. As for the generals under Zheng Longfang, they would usually oppress the people or have a bad reputation, gather them together and take them to the street to behead them. If they have made meritorious contributions when the city is broken, they will be reduced to two levels of reserve."

Mei Yingyuan fled Changshan as soon as he was defeated by Zibo City. He was chased by Li Kai and suffered countless soldiers. It was not until he retreated to the Zouping line and obtained new reinforcements to stabilize the situation.

Liu Zeqing wanted to defeat Wang Jun first, but he did not expect Zibo to fall so quickly. He was shocked and personally led elite troops to Zouping.

However, at this time, Zhou Xian ordered Li Kai to lead his troops to retreat to Changshan, recruit nearly 20,000 people from the surrounding area, and built nearly 100 forts of all sizes around Changshan in the shortest time according to the terrain. A large number of artillery and musketeers were deployed on it, and a defense was made, as if they were preparing to confront the rebels for a long time here. The cavalry continued to penetrate Jinan and attacked everywhere, which made Liu Zeqing feel very troubled.

Qingzhou Prefecture is located in central Shandong, with a total of 11 prefectures and eleven counties, and the government office is in Yidu County. Since Mei Yingyuan retreated to Zhangqiu, Qingzhou has been taken back by the government forces except for the two border counties.

The war was temporarily closed, and restoring the ruling order in Qingzhou became the top priority. Zhou Xian's military generals had Bai Hu, Li Kai, Tan Shimai and others in Shandong, which was roughly enough, but there were very few talents who could actually handle political affairs. Looking around, only 10,000 yuan was a big flock, and he was enough to serve as a governor in one place, but at this moment he had already gone to Yizhou. Others, such as Wen Zhitong, were already enough for them to be busy.

Zhou Xian thought for a long time and could only transfer Weifang magistrate Gu Xianzheng to Yidu to temporarily carry out the affairs of the magistrate. At the same time, he sent a letter to Zeng Hualong and Wen Zhitong and asked them to send someone to come.

Zhou Xian was the governor of Qingzhou and was very fond of 10,000 yuan. However, due to his relationship with Zhou Xian, Emperor Chongzhen could not agree. Moreover, it was better for him to stay in Yizhou at present. Qingzhou has his own heavy troops here, and no matter how chaotic it is, it will not be as chaotic as possible. But Yizhou is different. It may be reduced from the rear to the front line at any time, and there are not many troops stationed. Only 10,000 yuan can stabilize the situation. After thinking about it, he decided to keep 10,000 yuan in Yizhou.

Denglai Prefectures were barren and had few talents. The original civil servant series was barely enough in the two prefectures. Once they got Qingzhou, this difficulty was undoubtedly revealed. Even if some scholars were recruited locally and some students from the Six Arts Academy were invited to come, they were still not enough. Moreover, these people had never handled political affairs, and most of them were just doing a formality, with a high attitude and low skills, and were completely incompetent.

Most of the time, when Zhou Xian was in charge of military affairs, he had to be distracted from handling some political affairs, and he was in a state of great trouble. Zhou Xian originally wanted to occupy a place and stabilize the place, but it seemed that this was a complete luxury. On this day, just as Zhou Xian was worried about how to solve this matter, Gu Yanwu suddenly rushed to Zibo, and there were 50,000 stones of grain and grass with him.

According to the agreement between Zhou Xian and Zheng Cai, Zhou Xian provided Zheng Zhilong with forty-two sea ships within three years. While Zheng Zhilong allowed the Denglai merchant ship to do business in Southeast Asia, he also needed to transport food and grass to the army in Denglai. Of course, the price would be higher than the market price, but at this time, Zhou Xian did not mind Zheng Zhilong making more money. The first batch of 100,000 stone of grain and grass arrived in Weihai a few days ago and was transported to the front line by Gu Yanwu as soon as possible.

Zhou Xian looked happy and held Gu Yanwu's hand, "Zhongqing, why are you here? I'm so busy these days. You're here just right, so I can help me."

Gu Yanwu showed bitter face, and took two Tang newspapers from his arms and handed them to Zhou Xian: "North Korea has changed drastically, and I can't decide to ease Taiwan. I'll ask me to bring you a letter and ask the military to make a decision."

Zhou Xian was also surprised and quickly asked Gu Yanwu to sit down, picked up the Tang newspaper and read it.

Kim Sang-heon returned to North Korea and told King Lee that Japan wanted to assist the Ming Dynasty in attacking North Korea. For a moment, North Korea was shocked and condemned the He faction and the Qing faction to argue endlessly. After thinking for several days, Li Eun gave the first decree to imprison Kim Sang-heon and send people to ask for help from the Qing Dynasty.

This decree completely angered the descent faction in North Korea. North Korean general Shen Qiyuan raised an army to support Huai'enjun Lee De-in as king and led his troops to resist Li Jue. However, because of his lack of detailed planning and hastily uprising, he was surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and sent Jin Zi to crack down. Shen Qiyuan and a small number of soldiers protected Li De-in from Seoul. Jin Zidian took control of North Korea's military and political power and began to liquidate the descent officials in the North Korea. Countless people were imprisoned and killed.
Chapter completed!